from the Kingdom of Nepal. 443 



Mustard. I referred it doubtfully to S. erysimoides or nigra. 

 On a voyage down the Ganges in 1850^ I found the plant com- 

 monly grown from Mirzapur as far down as Bar in Behar^ but 

 in the greatest abundance about Benares, being cultivated (like 

 the rest of the genus) in the cold season, on the rich clay banks 

 of the river. The leaves are used as cress, the seed for the 

 same purposes as with us ; as well as in horse and camel medi- 

 cines : hence the name Ghor-rai, Horse Mustard. On arriving 

 in Europe that year, it was at once recognized as Sinapis nigra. 



The cultivation of Sinapis nigra in India does not appear in 

 our works on its agricultural resources. Dr. Royle enters Sinapis 

 nigra'i (No. 219) among the Indian articles of Materia Medica 

 (Journal As. Soc. Bengal, Oct. 1832) ; and in the Liverpool 

 Collection of Imports, Class 29. No. 270. of the Exhibition of 

 1851, is "Mustard Seed, Brown : Sinapis nigra, from Bombay. 

 Import, 1100 quarters in 1850." In the Illustrated Catalogue, 

 ii. 879, is a similar entry, — "Annaloo Noonse (Sinapis nigra) 

 from Tanjore;" and " Khardal rai, Sinapis nigra.'^ (871.) ^ 



It appears from Ainslie^s 'Materia Indica,^ i. 231, that th^ 

 plant was cultivated long since in the Calcutta Botanic Garden 

 from seeds " brought from England by Colonel Garstin." 



Malayagiri, p. 84, "a pale yellow wood, with a very agree- 

 able scent." Ji 



1262. Michelia Zila, Ham. Nepal, 217. Zila champil 

 Habitat in sylvis Nepalse. This is apparently M. Kisopa. Mi- 

 chelia Doltsopa is described by Don (Prod. Flor. Nep. 226) as 

 " arbor vasta ligno odorato gaudens, ad sedes sedificandas om- 

 nium arborum Nepalise optima." Magnolia {Michelia) excelsa, 

 Wall. (Tentamen Fl. Nep.), yields a valuable timber, of a fine 

 texture, at first greenish, but soon changing into pale yellow. 

 This is probably the champa of Darjiling, described as " an ex- 

 cellent yellow timber." One of these I suppose to be the 

 Malayagiri, a term implying ' mountain Sandal-wood.' Dr. 

 Hooker mentions the Cupressus funebris, Chandan, as " valued 

 only for the odour of its wood" (/. c. ii. 45), which is probably 

 yellow. Ligustrum nepalense, Buxus Himalensis, Symplocos era- 

 taegoides, have all yellow wood, but without odour. Camphora 

 glanduliferaj the Nepal Camphor-tree, however, has pale yellow 

 wood, while fresh smelling strongly of camphor, and may be the 

 Malayagiri. 



'*Bish, Bikh, and Kodoya Bish or Bikh; nor am I certain 

 whether the Mitha ought to be referred to it, or to the foregoing 

 kind," Bishma. 



" I have only seen the flower and fruit of one. This is called 

 Bishma or Bikhma, and seems to me to diff*er little in botanical 

 characters from the Caltha of Europe," p. 99. 



